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文章

2018年11月5日

作者:
Molly Dorozenski, Greenpeace

Commentary: Companies' attempts to silence human rights advocates & attack free speech - Energy Transfer Partners' lawsuit against Greenpeace

"7 Things You Need to Know About ETP’s Lawsuit Against Greenpeace", 7 Dec 2017

Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) – the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline – has filed a lawsuit against Greenpeace and others, in its...attempt to silence advocacy work and attack the fundamental right to free speech...Here’s what you need to know about the suit.

1. What is a ‘SLAPP’ suit?

SLAPP stands for “Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation.”...The purpose of a SLAPP is to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with legal claims...
 
2. Why is ETP using a SLAPP?

...ETP is suing Greenpeace for at least USD $900million.  The corporation’s hope is that the prospect of having to pay this...will intimidate Greenpeace and others into silence...

3. This is a worrying trend

...[T]he use of this...tactic by corporations is on the rise...The SLAPP suit is designed to send a loud message so that any activist...that takes on giant corporations will have to think twice before standing up for what they believe in...

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6. They’re clutching at straws…

...ETP is using the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)...ETP claims that Greenpeace led a corrupt environmentalist enterprise that “cynically planted radical, violent eco-terrorists on the ground amongst the protesters, and directly funded their operations” – a baseless attempt to mislabel legal advocacy as criminal conduct...

属于以下案件的一部分

Energy Transfer lawsuit (re Dakota Access Pipeline, USA)

Resolute Forest Products lawsuits (re alleged racketeering & defamation by environmental organizations, USA)

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